Railroad-frog.



o. W. REINOEHL & W. M. HENDERSON.

BAILROAD FROG.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 24, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1910.'

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CHARLES W. REINOEHL AND WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, F STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 24, 1909.

Patented July 5, 1919. Serial No. 529,699.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES W. REIN- OEHL and WILLIAM M. HENDERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at Steelton, in the county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Frogs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a movable wing rail railroad frog of novel, simple and eificient construction having provision whereby the parts of the frog may withstand the great Wear and strain to which they are subjected; and, with this ob ject in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts which we shall hereinafter fully describe and particularly claim.

In the drawings :Figure 1 is a plan View of our improved railroad frog. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the three main parts of the movable wing-rail slightly separated from each other. Fig. 3 is a vertical section, on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a vertical section, on line l4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical section, on line 55 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a vertical section, on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

7 designates the point portion of the frog, 8 and 9 the laterally-disposed wing rails, and 10 and 11 the point rails which diverge from the point portion 7, the head of the rail 10 forming in eifect a continuation of one side wall of the point portion 7 and the head of the rail 11 forming in eifect a continuation of the other side wall of the point portion 7, and the frog throat 12 being formed between the wing rails 8 and 9 in advance of the frog point.

The point portion 7 forms a part of a hard metal casting 13 which is provided with a rearward extension or heel portion 14 between the ends of the point rails 10 and 11 and against which the inner faces of the point rails are fitted.

The end 15 of the wing rail 8 is flared outwardly, as shown, and interposed between the flaring end 15 and the adjacent portions of the casting 13 and point rail 10 is a flare block 16 which extends into the fishing spaces in the rails 8 and 10 and also into a short groove 17 in the casting 13, the groove 17 forming a continuation of the fishing space in the point rail 10. The flare block 16 extends on each side of the union line between the point portion 7 and the rail 10 and maintains the flaring end 15 of the wing rail 8 in spaced relation to the point portion 7 and rail 10. On the other side of the casting 13 to that occupied by the flare block 16 is a fish plate 18 which extends on each side of the union line between the point portion 7 and rail 11 and is arranged within the fishing space of the rail 11 and in a groove 19 in the casting 13, the groove 19 forming a continuation of the fishing space in the rail 11.

The casting 13, point rails 10 and 11, wing rail 8, flare block 16 and fish plate 18 .are secured together by transverse bolts 20 extending through the casting 13, the flare block 16, the rail 8 and the fish plate 18; and by transverse bolts 21 extending through the heel portion 14 of the casting 13, the rails 8, 10 and 11, the flare block 16 and the fish plate 18.

Formed between the point portion 7 and the wing rail 8 is a wheel flangeway 22; and the hard metal casting 13 includes a floor portion 23 for the flangeway 22, a tread portion 24 which forms in effect an extension of the head 25 of the wing rail 8, and a longitudinal rib 26.

The groove 19 in the casting 13 extends from the fish plate 18 some distance in advance thereof toward the point end of the point portion 7; and the rib 26 is formed on the side of the casting 13 opposite to the side in which the groove 19 is formed, as shown.

The rib 26 extends between and is fitted to the head 25 and base 27 of the wing rail 8, and the rib 26 is also fitted against the web 28 of the Wing rail 8, thereby maintaining the wing rail 8 in proper position with respect to the point portion 7 of the frog.

The hard metal casting l3 and the wing rail 8 are secured together by transverse bolts 29 and 30 extending therethrough, the bolts 29 having heads arranged within the groove 19 in the casting 13 beneath the tread of the point portion 7.

The wing rails 8 and 9 and the hard metal casting 13 rest upon tie plates 31 which are supported upon underlying cross ties 32; and the wing rail 8 and therewith the hard metal casting 13 are firmly held in fixed position by spikes 33 driven into the ties 32 and through holes in the plates 31, and also by other spikes driven into ties and engaging the rails 8, 10 and 11 in the railroad line beyond the broken portions of the rails shown in the drawings.

The tread portion 24 of the casting 13 is provided with a face 34 arranged parallel to one side wall of the point portion 7 and forming a side wall of the fiangeway 22, and the tread portion 24 is also provided with a face 35 which is alined with the other side wall of the oint portion 7 and forms a continuation of the face 34. From this construction it will be seen that car wheels in crossing the fiangeway 22 in either direction will pass from one to the other of the two hard metal tread parts 7 and 24.

The wing rail 9 is movable upon the tie plates 31 toward and from the point portion 7; and this movable wing rail is of the following construction :-36 is a rail of usual railroad rail construction in cross-section, and it includes a base 37 a vertical web 38 and a head 39. One end of the rail 36 terminates in advance of the point end of the point portion 7, as shown, and overlapping this end of the rail 36 is one end of a supplemental rail 40 which is also of usual railroad rail construction, including a base 41, a vertical web 42 and a head 43. The over- 7 lapping portions of the head 39 and 43 are fitted against each other, and the overlapping portion of the base 41 is cut away and fitted to the adjacent overlapping portion of the base 37, as shown.

The supplemental rail 40 extends from the rail 36 adjacent the point portion 7 and the free end 44 of the supplemental rail is flared to receive car wheel flanges between it and the adjacent point rail 11 and point portion 7.

Inter-posed between the supplemental rail 40 and the point portion 7 is a hard metal wear section 45 comprising a head 46, a vertical web 47 and an extension 48. The head 46 of the hard metal section is fitted within a recess 49 formed by cutting away a portion of the inner side of the head 43 of the supplemental rail, the heads 43 and 46 forming in effect continuations of each other.

One end portion of the head 46 of the wear section 45 extends to and abuts against the end of the head 39 of the rail 36 and forms a tread portion which is a continuation of the head or tread portion 39 of the rail 36.

The web 47 of the hard metal section is fitted against the inner face of the web 42 of the supplemental rail 40 and one end 50 of the web 47 extends beyond the head 46 while the other end of the web 47 terminates in the extension 48 which extends between and is fitted to the inner faces of the overlapping portions of the rails 36 and 40, as shown.

The rails 36 and 40 and the hard metal wear section 45 are secured together by transverse bolts 51 and 52, the bolts 51 extending through the webs 38 and 42 of the rails 36 and 40 and through the interposed extension 48 of the wear section, and the bolts 52 extending through the webs 42 and 47 of the supplemental rail 40 and wear section 45, respectively.

Normally, or when the movable wing rail 9 is in the closed position, as shown, the head 46 of the hard metal section 45 rests against the adjacent side of the point portion 7. The head 46 of the section 45 extends some distance in advance of the point end of the point portion 7 toward the frog throat 12, and that portion of the head 46 which is engaged with the point portion adjacent the point end thereof and extended toward the frog throat 12 forms a tread portion to receive car wheels as they pass from the point portion 7 to the head 46 and the converse.

The head 46 of the section 45 has a face 53 which is arranged parallel to and fits against the point portion 7 and extending from the face 53 and flared outwardly with respect thereto are end faces 54 and 55. The face 54 is alined with the side wall of the point portion 7 opposite to the side engaged by the face 53, and the face 55 is alined with the inner side wall of the head 43 of the outwardly flaring end 44 of the supplemental rail 40.

The movable wing rail 9 is pressed toward the point portion 7 and the head 46 of the hard metal section 45 is maintained yieldingly in engagement therewith by the following means :The supplemental rail 40 is provided with a projecting arm which extends into a housing 61 formed on a casting 62 which is secured to the underlying tie plate 31. The outer end of the arm 60 is engaged by the inner end of an arm 63 which is adapted to slide within the housing 61 and the outer end of which carries a transverse bar 64. Secured to the transverse bar 64 are parallel rods 65 which project from the bar 64 and into and through cylindrical portions 67 formed on the casting 62. The inner ends of the rods 65 are provided with heads 68 between which and outer end heads 69 formed on the cylindrical portions 67 are springs 70 which encircle the rods 65 and bear against the heads 68 and 69 and force the rods 65, bar 64 and arm 63 inwardly toward the rail 9, thereby forcing the arm 60 and rail 9 toward the point portion 7 and yieldingly maintaining the movable wing rail 9 in the closed position with its wear section 45 in engagement with the point portion 7 from which the rail 9 may be moved against the action of the springs 70. Suitable brackets 71 are provided to limit the movement of the wing rail 9 away-from the point portion 7, the brackets 71 being secured to the underlying tie plates 31, as shown.

In order to prevent the free end of the movable wing rail from tilting upwardly as car wheels pass over the body of the rail, the supplemental rail 40 is provided with an arm 72 which extends into an opening in a bracket 7 3 which is secured to the underlying tie plate 31. The arm 72 is adapted to engage the bracket 73 to prevent the tilting of the free end of the wing rail 9, and the arm 72 is also adapted to move within the opening in the bracket 73 as the wing rail 9 is moved toward and from the point portion 7.

To prevent longitudinal displacement or creeping of the movable wing rail 9 we provide the following means z-Bolted to the rail 8 is a bracket 74, and pivoted to the bracket 74 is one end of an arm 75 the other end of which is pivoted to a bracket 76 which is bolted to the rail 36 of the movable wing rail 9. This construction permits the lateral movement of the wing rail 9 and effectually prevents longitudinal creeping thereof.

By constructing a frog as herein shown and described, it will be seen that when a car wheel passes over the frog from the rail 8 to the rail 11, the wheel flange will engage the outwardly flaring end or face 54: of the hard metal wear section 45 and move the wing rail 9 away from the point portion 7 against the action of the springs 70, and that the wheel flange, continuing its travel toward the rail 11, will pass between the hard metal point portion 7 and the hard metal wear section 45 until it escapes the latter while the springs press the wear section 45 against the wheel flange. It will also be seen that when a car wheel passes over the frog from the rail 11 to the rail 8, the wheel flange will engage the outwardly flaring end or face 55 of the hard metal wear section 45 and move the wing rail 9 away from the point portion 7 against the action of the springs 70, and that the-wheel flange, continuing its travel toward the rail 8, will pass between the hard metal point portion 7 and the hard metal wear section 45 until it escapes the latter while the springs 70 press the wear section 45 against the wheel flange.

The movable wing rail 9 rests normally in the position shown, and it is returned to normal position by the springs 70 after the wheel flange escapes the wear section 45 in moving in either direction, as just described, in passing between the wing rail 9 and the point portion 7.

The construction of the hard metal wear piece not only protects the movable wing rail from the wear of car wheel flanges while the wing rail is being moved from and returned to and being maintained away from the point portion 7, but it also provides a tread portion fitting against and forming in effect a continuation of the point end of the hard metal point portion 7 to receive car wheels in passing over the frog from the rail 9 to the rail 10 and the converse.

/Ve claim a 1. In a movable wing rail frog, the combination of a supporting base; a point portion; means for securing the point portion to the supporting base; a wing rail movable toward and from the point portion and having a head terminating in advance of the point end of said point portion; a hard metal section having a thread portion abutting against the end of the head of the wing rail and extending therefrom to and along one side wall of the point portion; means for securing said section to the wing rail; and yielding means pressing said wing rail and said section toward the point portion.

2. In a movable wing rail frog, the combination of a supporting base; a point portion; means for securing the point portion to the supporting base; a wing rail movable toward and from the point portion and having a head terminating in advance of the point end of said point portion; a hard metal section having a tread portion abutting against the end of the head ofthe wing rail and extending therefrom to and along one side wall of the point portion; said section having a face extending substantially parallel to one side wall of the frog point and engaged therewith when the wing rail is in the closed position, and a face alined with the other side wall of the frog point when the wing rail is in the closed position; means for securing said section to the wing rail; and yielding means pressing said wing rail and. said section toward the point portion.

3. In a movable wing rail frog, the combination of a supporting base; a point portion; means for securing the point portion to the supporting base; a wing rail movable toward and from the point portion and having a head terminating in advance of the point end of said point portion; a hard metal section having a tread portion abutting against the end of the head of the wing rail and extending therefrom to and along one side wall of the point portion; a supple.

mental rail overlapping the wing rail and against which said section is fitted; bolts securing said section and said supplemental rail together; bolt-s securing said supplemental rail and the wing rail together; and yielding means pressing said wing rail and said section toward the point portion.

4. In a movable wing rail frog, the combination of a supporting base; a point portion; means for securing the point portion to the supporting base; a wing rail movable toward and from the point portion and having a head terminating in advance of the point end of said point portion; a hard metal section having a tread portion abutting against the end of the head of the wing rail and extending therefrom to and along one side wall of the point portion; said section having an extension fitted between the overlapping portions of the wing rail and the supplemental rail; bolts securing said section and said supplemental rail together; bolts seeming the supplemental rail, the wing rail and said extension together; and yielding means pressing said wing rail and said section toward the point portion.

5. In a movable wing rail frog, the combination of a supporting base; a point portion; means for securing the point portion to the supporting base; a wing rail movable toward and from the point portion and having a head terminating in advance of the point end of said point portion; a hard metal section having a tread portion abutting against the end of the head of the wing rail and extending therefrom to and along one side wall of the point portion, said supplemental rail having an outwardly flaring free end and said section having an outwardly flaring face alined with a face of the outwardly flaring end of the supplemental rail;

and yielding means pressing said wing rail and said section toward the point portion.

In testimony whereof we afliX our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. REINOEHL. IVILLIAM M. HENDERSON. WVitnesses IVM. HARRISON SMITH, E. M. WVARE. 

